ODI World Cup 2023: 3 bowlers with most wickets in the history of Australia vs New Zealand clashes

Australia vs New Zealand at Dharamsala could be a low-scoring game due to the bowlers from both teams, so let’s see top successful bowlers in the history of this rivalry.

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Two of the strongest teams in the world, Australia and New Zealand, will face each other at Dharamshala tomorrow. Australia vs New Zealand is going to be the most important game for both teams. Australia is back on track after losing the first two games and India has broken the winning streak of New Zealand in the last game at the same venue. The surface is going to help New Zealand more than Australia because they are playing their second game at the same venue, So Kiwis are more familiar with the surface than Kangaroos. 

New Zealand has some bitter memories of playing against Australia. In the last two games of World Cup Australians dusted them, one of them was the final of the 2015 World Cup. Both teams have faced each other in World Cup games and Black Caps only managed to win three of them and so today they’ll look for fourth one and after watching the last game of five time world champions we can say that New Zealand have to work hard to get the result in their favor. Dharamashala is going to help seamers and they are going to do a lot of damage and it has been in the history that bowlers get a jackpot whenever these two teams have played. So let’s see who are those three top bowlers in this competition. 

Glenn McGrath 

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Australia’s most Successful ODI bowler Glenn McGrath is the highest wicket taker in this rivalry. Between 1993 to 2007 he played 32 matches against Black Caps and took 59 wickets which is the highest for him against any team. He has only one five wicket haul against New Zealand which came in 2002 at Sinhalese. He is the highest wicket taker in ODIs for his nation and second in Test. McGrath is considered as one of the greatest bowlers around the globe. It will be interesting to see which bowler from Australia will level his greatness in ODI cricket. McGrath is the highest wicket taker in world cups with 71 wickets in 39 world cup games. 

Bret Lee

One of quickest bowlers of all time Brett Lee is the second highest wicket taker in the list. He has taken 52 wickets in 28 games between 2000 to 2011. He shares the most wickets list in ODIs with Glenn McGrath for Australia with 380 wickets. He has only one five wicket haul against Kiwis which he took in 2003 at st. George park. Lee is one of the fastest bowlers in world cricket.  We’ve seen him bowling for so many years and picking many wickets, he is an aggressive fast bowler, Australia was at the top when he was taking wickets. He has 35 wickets in 17 world cup games. 

Ewen Chatfield

New Zealand’s veteran bowler Ewen Chatfield has appeared between 1980 to 1988 against Australia and took 51 wickets in 34 games which is highest for him against any team in ODIs. Chatfield has taken 140 wickets in his ten years of ODI career. He has only one five wickets haul in his ODI career which came against Australia in the first game at Oval. he has also taken over 100 wickets in his test career. He has appeared in 13 world cup games where he took 14 wickets. It is shocking to see that it has been more than 30 years and no other Kiwi bowler has surpassed him in terms of wickets against Australia. 

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